Garment-hanger.



PATENTBD APR. 14, 1908.

A. SGHLANG. GARMENT HANGER. APPLATION FILED NOV.13, 1987.

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' "AARON scHLaNe, or BROOKLYN, NEW Yoan;

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Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have inventedcertain new and Y useful rovernents in Garment-Hangers,

offwhich t e following is a specification, such as will enable those,skilledin the art to which it a pertains to make and use the same.

s invention relates to devices for han ing or suspending garments ofvarious kin( s and classes in a Wardrobe, closet or other place; and theobject thereof is to provide an Improved device of this class which inaddi* tion to being adapted for usein the manner of similar'devlces, ordevices of a similar character, is also designed as a receptacle orcontainer for moth balls or other material used for the purpose ofpreventing ordestro` ing moths, moth germs and the like.

T e invention is fully disclosed in the following speci'lication, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsofmy improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in eachof the views, and in which,"

Figure 1 is a sectional side view of a garment hanger made according tomy inven tion, Fig. 2 a section'on the line 2, 2 'of Fig. .l

Fi 3 a section on the lineB, 3 of Fig. l.

the ractice of my invention I provide a garment lan er comprising a topbow-shaped A member a, t e ends of whichA are connected by a horizontalmember a2, and this device is made from a tube, the end portions ofwhich are bent to form thetop bow-'shaped member afwhich consists of twoseparate similar parts connected by a suitable coupling devlce b withvwhich is connected a suspendlng hook c, and as vthus lconstructed theentire device forms a continuous Atubular chamber adapt- ,ed to containmoth balls e organ other suitable germicide or other material adapted tooperate as a\moth or other insect destroying substance, and the Walls ofwhich are perforated as shown at a4.

Patented April '14, 1908.

and in practice the chamber formed by the tube or tubes from which thedevice is made may be filled with moth balls or othersuitable moth orinsect'v destro ing material through said apertures, which atter may beclosed by the sleeves d2.

It is customary, in order to prevent the dcstruction of garments andvarious, other articles by moths or similar insects in a wardrobe,closet or similar receptacle used as a hanging or storagel place, toplace or suspend therein, in various ways,-moth balls or similarmaterial, but the various means employed for this -purpose haveheretofore een impractical ,or inconvenient; butby means of my-invention l I' provide a garment hanger of the usual i`orm, so made asto serve as a receptacle for moth balls or similar material, and bymeans of which the said material ma be placed or deposited in the mostpracticaland useful manner in order to accomplish the desired result,and in practice the garments' are, suspended from or by the lhanger inthe usual manner, and by means o the perforations in the tubular orhollow parts or members of the hanger the odor from the mothv balls orsimilar material is freely distributed through the garments or otherarticles, which latter are thus givenl the highest de ree of protection.

Having ully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is ;-A

1. A bow-shaped garment hanger composed of a tube, the Walls of whichare perfon rated, said garment hanger being provided .centrally With asuspending hook, and said' tube forming a chamber adapted to receivemothballs or other insect destroying material and being providedadjacent to said hook with an laperture through which said balls orother material may be passed, and means for closing said aperture.

2. A bow-.shaped garment hanger' composed of a perforated tube providedcentrally with a suspending hook and adjacent to said hook with auaperture through which mothballs or other insect destroying material maybe passed and. a sleeve movable thereon for closing said aperture.

3. A garment hanger comprising a bowshaped top ortion and a horizontalbottoln portion, sui( hanger being composed of a continuous tube theWalls oi" which are perforated, and the bow-shaped top portion being sollou

provided centrally with *a suspendi vhook ence `or' the subscribingwitnesses this 12th arlld ldjacelrlltbtllilereto apertureslt lruh day ofNovember 1907. i w ic ,mota sorsi 'armateria ma. e passed, and slidingsleeves for closing sTa,-id AARQN 'SCHLANG 5 apertures. A Witnesses:

,In testimon thatI claim theforegong as (17E. MULREANY, my invention 1have signed my name in pres- E. MCKIB'BIN.

